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Tag Archives: Tar River
  • Riverkeeper, environmental projects coordinator on hand for museum grand opening

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 23, 2021

    Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell awaits visitors to the Sound Rivers exhibit at the North Carolina Museum of…


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  • Nash cistern project gets final piece for stormwater control status

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 23, 2021

    Mitch Woodward operates on the 2,500-gallon cistern that is now a stormwater management control on the Nash…


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  • Riverkeeper, environmental projects coordinator to take part in grand opening of new Greenville museum

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 16, 2021

    The…


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  • Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper: Legislators must seal the deal on flood prevention, mitigation

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 16, 2021

    This week in 2018, a category 1…


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  • Swim Guide sampling bottles to find new life — as art

    Posted by Heather Deck on September 16, 2021

    Not all facilities can easily recycle some kinds of plastic, and that’s how Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell found a place to repurpose…


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  • ‘Splash for Trash’ makes a big splash on the Tar

    Posted by Heather Deck on August 5, 2021

    Last Saturday, clean-water warriors gathered at Town Common in Greenville and took to the Tar for the third-annual Splash for Trash. Hosted by Greenville Noon Rotary, and partnered by Sound…


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  • Splash for Trash river cleanup

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 31, 2021

    We’re partnering again with the Greenville Noon Rotary Club for the 3rd-annual “Splash for Trash.” This Tar River cleanup is a community service project created by Greenville Rotary to…


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  • A Festival of Creation spotlights environmentalism

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 29, 2021

    Jay LaNunziata, Director of Christian Formation at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church in Greenville, and Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper Jill Howell…


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  • Splash for Trash cleanup set for July 31

    Posted by Heather Deck on July 20, 2021

    Sound Rivers is partnering again with the Greenville Noon Rotary Club for the 3rd-annual “Splash for Trash.” This Tar River cleanup is…


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  • Second kayak launch officially opens in Washington

    Posted by Heather Deck on June 28, 2021

    The City of Washington and Sound Rivers celebrated the official launch of Washington’s newest kayak launch with a ribbon cutting Friday. The Mason’s Landing kayak launch on Tranters Creek was…


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  • Adopt a Swim Guide site this summer!

    Posted by Heather Deck on May 27, 2021

    Do you love the Summer Swim Guide Program that keeps you in the know about the quality of the water you’re swimming,…


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  • Protecting, preserving, and restoring the floodplain

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on October 19, 2020

    by Matthew Starr, Upper Neuse Riverkeeper We still have a more than a month left in the 2020 Atlantic hurricane season, but, as it winds down, we need…


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  • Landfill Concerns Prompt Riverkeeper Investigation

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on August 27, 2020

    A few weeks ago, concerned residents of Kittrell, North Carolina…


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  • Post-Hurricane Isaias Sampling Results on the Tar-Pam

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on August 6, 2020

    The storm caused river levels to rise, but well below flood stage on the Tar. The Pamlico hit minor flood stage briefly Monday evening. River levels will continue to…


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  • Waterkeepers React to Atlantic Coast Pipeline News

    Posted by Corinne Everett-Belch on July 20, 2020

    Waterkeepers across the region celebrated the news of the Atlantic Coast Pipeline’s cancellation earlier this month, including your Pamlico-Tar Riverkeeper, Jill Howell. Jill is quoted in this article…


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'A SOUND RIVER' PREMIERES

Sound River" — Sound Rivers' 40th-anniversary documentary — premiered at a live, virtual event on Nov. 30. This exciting short film about Sound Rivers' history and history of activism, as told through the voices of our founders and partners, those fighting for clean water and the next generations of environmental advocacy, will be available soon for group screenings. Find out more here!

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To monitor and protect the Neuse and Tar-Pamlico River watersheds covering nearly one quarter of North Carolina, and to preserve the health and beauty of the river basin through environmental justice.

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